East Africa's double wham: Locusts and pandemic
COVID 19 logistic challenges delay delivery of pesticides that can stop locust swarms
East Africa faces further problems. As if the Coronavirus pandemic wasn't enough, yet another swarm of locusts has descended on the region. Millions of more people are now threatened with hunger. What plan does the Food and Agricultural Organisation have?
MPs and the President of Botswana have been put in quarantine after a visiting health worker tested positive for COVID19
Contact Tracing is a crucial process in trying to stem the spread of a pandemic because it tries to identify people who have been in contact with a person who tested positive to a virus so that they can take preventative measure like self-isolating or testing. Sounds daunting, but Ghanaian developer Christian Asante has come up with an app that does exactly that
(Photo: A farmer holds a bunch of locusts. Credit: ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images)
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